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Acricket pavilion is apavilion at acricket ground. It is the main building within which the players usually change indressing rooms and which is the main location for watching thecricket match for members and others. Pavilions can vary from modest and purely practical buildings at small venues to large and imposing edifices at some of the historic grounds whereTest cricket is played.
The pavilions atLord's Cricket Ground andThe Oval are typical of theVictorian architectural style often seen at most famous English grounds. The cricket pavilion in theUniversity Parks atOxford was designed by the leadingVictorian architect SirThomas Graham Jackson. Other famous historical pavilions areOld Trafford and the Members Pavilion at theSydney Cricket Ground. Entry is only enabled for members. Their seats are reserved by a member or player. A non-member is not entitled to enter the Members Pavilion.
Amongst the most distinctive of modern pavilions is that named afterSir Garfield Sobers at theKensington Oval inBarbados. Other modern pavilions are those at theRose Bowl in England and theBrabourne Stadium in India.
Dugouts or benches are generally used instead of pavilions inTwenty20 cricket. The dugout or bench is located just off the field of play, allowing players to enter and exit the field of play more quickly in comparison to a pavilion, therefore maintaining the faster pace of that form of the game (a batsman must be on the field within 90 seconds, rather than within the three minutes allowed in other forms of cricket, for not be given out,timed out) .